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  • Amazon, Hy-Vee, Safeway, ShopRite among retailers in SNAP online grocery ordering pilot

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture on Thursday announced its list of companies that will be participating in a two-year pilot program designed to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients purchase their groceries online. A total of seven companies were selected for testing in pilot states.
     
    The following retailers were selected to service SNAP beneficiaries in the following states:
    Amazon — Maryland, New Jersey, New York
    FreshDirect — New York

  • Albertsons reportedly in talks to acquire Price Chopper

    NEW YORK — Albertsons and Price Chopper reportedly might be nearing a deal for Albertsons to buy the Schenectady, N.Y.-based supermarket chain for about $1 billion. Reuters broke the news Wednesday that the companies were in talks, citing sources familiar with the matter. 
     

  • CBS News tackles the omnichannel retailer's dilemma

  • Albertsons, HCSC team to tackle adherence

    Customer-owned health insurer Health Care Service Corporation has launched a multi-phase program called Pharmacists Adding Value and Expertise in collaboration with Jewel-Osco, Safeway and Albertsons Pharmacies in Illinois, Montana and New Mexico, as well as with the Texas Pharmacist Association. The move represents the company's effort to help improve medication adherence rates with its Medicare and dual-eligible (Medicare/Medicaid) members.
     

  • Tom Thumb, Albertsons introduce Fort Worth-area grocery delivery

    FORT WORTH, Texas  — Albertsons and banner Tom Thumb on Wednesday announced a new grocery delivery program in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that will see a fleet of home delivery trucks hitting the streets in the area. The grocery delivery service will be available to Tom Thumb and Albertsons customers at tomthumb.com and through the Tom Thumb Android and iOS delivery app. 
     

  • DSN announces all-star retail lineup for annual Industry Issues Summit conference

    You could call it a retail all-star team.

    With just weeks to go before its annual Industry Issues Summit conference — one of the most highly-anticipated, must-attend events on the drug store industry calendar — Drug Store News has announced another top-tier roster of some of the most talented and creative retail executives in the business for the annual thought-leadership/networking event.

  • Safeway to open weight loss clinics in 5 Bay Area stores

    SAN FRANCISCO — Weight loss clinics will soon be coming to several Bay Area Safeway stores. Safeway, alongside Costa Mesa, Calif.-based weight loss clinic chain Lean for Life By Lindora Clinic, announced Friday that Lean for Life by Lindora Clinics will be opening on Oct. 10 at five Safeway stores in Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Menlo Park and San Jose. 
     

  • Albertsons looks to MyWebGrocer for click-and-collect, delivery at 5 banners

    BOISE, Id. — Albertsons announced this week that it would be partnering with e-commerce and digital marketing company MyWebGrocer to use software within its Digital Experience Platform to enable the company’s e-commerce strategy at some of its banners. 
     
    Five Albertsons banners — Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, United, ACME Market and Star Market — will be using MyWebGrocer’s solutions to ramp up the launch of their click-and-collect and delivery options. 
     
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